"Through Struggle to the Stars"Some report an earthqauke, some think it's bombs or gunshots, but usually it's those naughty boys of The Royal Australian Air Force scaring the fish along the Adelaide beaches.

The Old and the NewThe Adelaide Magistrate's Court and the Commonwealth Law Courts Adelaide, (Roma Mitchell Building) are located in Angas Street where they overlook Victoria Square.

The old Magistrates' Court, right, is our lowest level court where summary offences can attract up to two year's jail.The Commonwealth Law Courts Building to the left has been open for only a couple of years and deals with federal and family law.

Never stand beneath a Gum TreeEvery Wednesday for 25 years, my friends and I play tennis in summer and swim in the winter.Last wednesday the eucalypus at the park dropped a huge branch.We were lucky to have elected to play tennis at chez moi.Somebody could have been killed !

ON A DAY OF CATASTROPHIC FIRE DANGER in ADELAIDE AND ITS ENVIRONS.Every day, in Summer, we listen to the radio to hear if tomorrow will be a day of Catastrophic Fire Danger.1. This, below, is what to expect.........2. And the video, above, is how it starts at my home on a 43°C day, recently.3. Turn the sound up and listen to the strong winds.4. Don't light a match........5. So far: - so good !

ACTION: For your survival, leaving early is the best option.Fires will be uncontrollable, unpredictable and fast moving.Flames will be higher than roof tops.Thousands of embers will be blown around.Spot fires will move quickly and come from many directions, up to 20 km ahead of the fire.There is a very high likelihood that people in the path of the fire will die or be injured.Thousands of homes and businesses will be destroyed.House construction standards do not go beyond a Fire Danger Index of 100.Well prepared, constructed and actively defended homes may not be safe during a fire.Do not expect a fire truck.

It's a seagull's lifeIn Summer, as the rest of the year, seagulls claim proprietorship over town squares as well as the white, sandy beaches of Adelaide.These happy and contented birds live in Victoria Square in the city, - until they fly north.

Big brother is watching youWhether you live on Boulevard Montmartre, Rue Guillaume Puy or here, on Adelaide's South Eastern Freeway, you are being observed.Perhaps by "Big Brother", the fictional character in Nineteen Eighty Four, by George Orwell.Perhaps the driver of the Orwellian surveillance vehicle is none other than Joseph Stalin whose physical resemblance was portrayed by Big Brother.

Each day I wait for Mr. Fitzgibbon to sing from his branch, high in my garden.Fitzgibbon, my favourite kookaburra refuses to sing if he sees that I am watching him.However, we can not trick kookaburras but we can trick ourselves by clicking on YOUTUBE - KOOKABURRA SITS IN THE OLD GUM TREE

WELCOME TO THE WIDE BROWN LAND, A LAND OF SWEEPING PLAINS, OF RAGGED MOUNTAIN RANGES, OF DROUGHTS AND FLOODING RAINS. HERE IS THE LAND DOWN UNDER AND ADELAIDE, CAPITAL CITY OF SUNNY SOUTH AUSTRALIA. PLEASE ENJOY MY CITY, AND FROM TIME TO TIME, I SHALL TAKE YOU TO THE "BACK OF BEYOND".